to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
direct control; direct supervision
liaison department; public relations department
dullard; indecisive person
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
flight; running away; absconding; elopement
impeachment; denunciation; accusation; censure
to kill by hitting; to beat to death; to slaughter
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
putting into operation; invocation
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit
arbitrariness; self-will; whim
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
I don't know ...; how about ...?; I wonder; what about ..?
(relating to) gender; sex; sexual
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
to tinker with; to fumble with; to twist up
nonchalantly; without a care
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming
a question (an issue) of where responsibility (liability) lies; a question of who is responsible (to blame)
lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help
to lend an ear to; to listen to
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
joints; points (of a speech)
to be turned inside out; to betray; to double-cross; to break into falsetto; to crack into falsetto
also known as; also called
to do (someone) a wrong; to do (someone) an ill turn; to take revenge; to resent; to bear a grudge
underwater; behind closed doors; behind the scenes; below the surface
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
inside and outside; interior and exterior; inside and outside the country; home and abroad; around; about
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
arrest; apprehension; capture